Jan Sikes

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Brother’s Keeper

The 2020 Grand Prize winner in the RRBC 90-Day Alpha/Omega Beginning to End Short Story Contest!
Quentin Marks’ mother can only love one son, and from the day Rowdy was born, she makes Quentin, his little brother’s keeper. She demands that Quentin fix every problem for Rowdy and that he also protect him. The truth is, after a deadly snakebite, Quentin owes his very life to his little brother, a debt that will never be paid in full. Only now a man is dead, and once again, their mother calls on Quentin to make the problem go away and save Rowdy from prison. When is enough enough, and how much of his own life will Quentin Marks have to sacrifice?

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READER’S FAVORITE REVIEW QUOTES – FIVE-STAR REVIEWS! GHOSTLY INTERFERENCES

This was a great short story. I immediately connected with Quentin, the main character. The author does a fantastic job of drawing you into his plight from the beginning. Any story that can get me to invest this much emotion into its characters is a great one!

The author does a great job in character development and brings the story together. Readers will love Quentin and hate both Rowdy and his mother. I was surprised that Quentin takes the path he does at the end. Great job, Jan.

The author did a great job of making me sympathetic for Quentin, and highly ticked at both Rowdy and his mother. I was surprised how the story went in the end. It certainly held me captive to the way the plot unfolded. A surprising and intriguing look at human nature.

Author Jan Sikes paints the consequence of a painful family dynamic. A good short story for people who enjoy a fiction story with a challenging hypothesis.